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CABLE RAILWAY.

No. 394,040. Patented Deo. 4, 1888.

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CABLE RAILWAY.

No. 394,040. Patented Deo. 4, 1888.

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lliTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD P. lVALSH, OF FT. IIOIIIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGIIOR OF ONE-FOURTH TOMIDDLIETON I). DEGGE, OF SAME PLACE.

CABLE. RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 394,040, dated December4, 1888.

Application filed October 3l, 1887. Serial No. 253,907. (No model.)

To LZZ whom, it 11i/ty concern.:

Be it known that I, RICHARD P. WALsH, ot the city ot' Louis, in theState ot' Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Cable Railways, ot which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the acmunlmnying' (,lrawing's,t'orming part ot' this specitication, and in which Figure I is a topview with part ot the roadbed removed, showing my invention. Fig. II isan enlargedperspective view showing` a portion ot' one ot the yokes.Fig'. III is a top view showing' a number otl the vokes and part. ot thctrames. Fig. IY isa side elevation ot' same. Fig'. V is a verticaltransverse section taken on line Y V, Fig'. I. Fig'. Vl is a perspectiveview ot one ot the plates for supporting' the cone-pulleys. Fig. VII isa detail view showing' part oi' the femlenrollers. Fig'. VIII is aperspective view showin g' the puHey-support ing trame. Fig'. IX is aln-rspective view ot one ot' the cable-pulley ,ionrnal-boxes. Fig. X isa section taken on line X X, Fig. VII.

Myinvention relates to an in'lprovement in the construction ot.cable-ways, and relates particularly to the construction ot' such waysat curves in the road.

llly invention consists in leatures ot novelty hereinafter t'ullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, l represents the track-rails of a cablerailway, and 2 the roadbed, having' movable plates Si on one side togive access to the parts beneath. These plates are supported at theirinner edges by lugs 4 on the yokes 5 ofthe conduit and at their outeredges by means ot rails or other suitable supports. lach yoke (or asuitable number ot them) is constructed on the short side of the curve,as shown in Fig'. II, where (i represents a horizontal fiange having'vertical fianges 7, with heads S on their upper ends. Above the heads Sare similar heads, Sl, on the lower ends ot vertical tlanges lo,depending' from an upper horizont al lian ge, l l. Between the twoflanges l() and the two flanges T there is a vertical space or opening',l2, into which one end oi' a frame, 15%, tits, the other end ot' theframe fitting in a like opening on the adjoining' tace of the next yoke,as shown in Figs. l and III. Vvhen the trames 13 are dropped into theopenings l2, (see Fig'. III,) they lirst occupy the position shown inthe center of Fig'. III. They are then moved hori- Zontally to bring'the trame 13 against the faces ot the inner iiangcs, l0 and 7, (seeFig'. II,) and they are here held by means ot' blocks lti, (see Figs.IlI and \'Ill,) which are dropped in behind them, litting' in notches lat the ends ot' the trames. Behind the blocks lo' I place setscrews 1S,(see Fig. Y,) which pass through the flanges T and 'lll and hold thefram es in their workingposition. lYhcn thus putin place, the trames,together with the pa rls they carry, are firmly held in operativeposition, and they can be quickly removed by turning outward on thescrews IS, then removing' the blocks lo, then moving' the frames backfrom the position shown on the righthand side ol' Fig'. III to theposition shown in the center ot' Fig'. III, and then lifting' themvertically upward.

The col'lstruction ot thc trames Iii is shown in Fig'. VIII, each havingrecesses lSl to re ceive one haltI ot` the box 2O (see Fig. IX,) beyon dwhich are shoulders '."l, against which lits the otherJialt' ot' the boxit), and beyond this halt` oi' the box extend Hang-cs 22, against whichare secured plates i3, which hold the boxes in place. Each Al'rame isprovided with a box 2t) at top and a` box tl at bottom. Journaled inthese boxes is the spindle 2l of the cable-pulley The lower plate, Q3,is provided with an opening, 2U, to receive a setscrew, 27, t'or thepurpose ot setting up the box at this end of the spindle 2l as itbecomes worn. The other end ot the spindle may be provided with a like.t screwgbut it is deemed unnecessary, as this end is in a convenientposition to be reached by removing' one of the plates 3.

Beneath each frame I3, and secured to it, is a plate, 2S, provided witha` journal pin or projection, 2), on which tits a conc-pulley, 30. Thearc ot' this cone corrcspomls with the periphery oi the pulley 25, asshown in Fig. Y, so that it' the cable should drop from the pulley 25 itwill be guided back onto the pulley bythe cone-pulley.

Above the pulley 25 is a series of plain rollers or fenders, 3l,journaled on pins 32, the office of which is to receive the impact ofthe grip as the car passes around a curve. The rollers 3l are journaledin a channel-bar, 33, (see Fig. X,) which is secured by bolts 34 'to thefaces 35 of the yokes.

It will be seen that the frames 13 carry the pulleys 25 and 30, and thatwhen the parts need repairing or replacing` the frames can be quicklyand easily removed through the op enings covered by the plates 3, andthus the repairing of the road is `greatly facilitated.

The frame, together with all the parts it Carries, is shown removed onthe left-hand side of Figs. III and IV. The frame itself is shown in thecenter of Figs. III and IV, and the parts which it carries are shown inVthe right-hand side of Figs. IlI and IV.

I claim as my inventionl. In a cable railway, the combination of theyokes having frame-supporting flanges and the frames, each provided witha main cable-pulley and a cone-pulley, and each removable from itssupport in the yoke, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a e( ble railway, the combination of the yokes provided withframe-supporting ianges, frames fitting in the flanges and givingsupport to pulleys, blocks IG, and setscrews 1S, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. In a cable railway, the combination of the yokes having' lianges 7,I0, and ll, heads 3 and 9 on the flan ges 7 and l0, and the framesfitting in said anges and carrying the pulleys, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

4. In a `cable railway, in Combination with the yokes havingsupportingflanges, the frames provided with pulleys 25 and 30, boxes 20,set-screw 27, blocks 1G, and the set-screws 1S, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

5. In a cable railway, in combination with the cable-pulleys 25, thecone-pulleys 30, arranged beneath the cable-pulleys and in linetherewith, substantially as and for the purpose set fort-h.

G. In a `cablerrailway', the combination of the cable-pulleys 25,cone-pulleys 30, and pulleys 3l, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

7. In a cable railway, in combination with the cable-pulleys mounted inremovable frames 13, auxiliary pulleys arranged beneath an d in linewith the cable-pulleys and mounted on plates 2S, secured to said frame,whereby the whole may be removed together, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

RICHARD P. VA'LSH.

In presence of- GEO. H. KNIGHT, Jos. WAHLE.

